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HOW TO CLEAN YOUR BREADMAKER
Before cleaning your bread maker, please ensure it is no longer activated, it has sufficiently cooled
down and the plug has been disconnected from the power socket.
EXTERIOR
Clean the outside of your appliance and its viewing window with a damp cloth or a sponge. Take
out the bread pan before you start cleaning. If necessary, you can clean the exterior of the appliance
with a mild detergent.
INTERIOR
Gently clean the inside of the appliance with a lightly damp cloth. Be careful when cleaning the
heating element.
BREAD PAN
You can clean the bread pan with warm water. Be careful not to damage the non-stick coating. In
case the kneading paddle gets stuck, allow the bread pan to cool down completely. Next, gently pour
a little bit of warm water into the bread pan until the kneading paddle is under water. The sticky
bits will dissolve and you will be able to remove the kneading paddle easily.
Never use cleaning products or dishwashing brushes, for they may damage the non-stick coating of
the bread pan. The bread pan must not be cleaned in the dishwasher.
HOW TO BAKE A DELICIOUS BREAD:
A FEW PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
Please make sure your ingredients are at room temperature and that they are carefully weighed. Add
the ingredients in the right order. You should only use fresh ingredients.
The yeast needs to be the last ingredient you put in the bread pan. Put the yeast into a little hole in
the flour, thus ensuring it does not come in contact with the added salt, sugar, water or milk. You
can verify the freshness of your yeast by submitting it to the following test: dissolve 1 teaspoonful of
sugar in half a cup of lukewarm water and subsequently add the yeast to this mixture. If the
substance starts sparkling and boiling after a few minutes, you can be sure that you are using fresh
yeast.
Approximately 5 to 10 minutes after your bread maker has been activated, you can equally test the
quality of the dough. The dough should look like a smooth and elastic round ball. Open the lid and
gently touch the top of the dough with your fingers. Be careful and make sure the kneading paddle
remains in action. If the dough somewhat sticks to your fingers, this implies the dough is going to
be fine. Should the dough however stick to the bread pan, then it is probably too moist. If the
dough does not stick to your fingers at all, the pastry you are making is too dry.
Salt brakes the effect of the yeast and sugar exactly does the opposite. If you are not allowed to use
either sugar or salt for dietary reasons, you must not add the other ingredient either. Your bread will
not contain sugar or salt.
If you want to start baking another bread straight away, you will first have to allow the bread maker
to cool down for 10 to 20 minutes.
Different types of bread will have different structures and sizes, due to the different nature of the
ingredients used. These differences are completely normal and need not to worry you.
